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Memory card having a buffer memory for storing testing instruction

US6643725B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 2000
Grant dateNov 4, 2003
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C16/0416
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory card (1) includes an electrically rewritable non-volatile memory (4), a data processor (3) having a function of executing instructions and managing the allocation of file data in the non-volatile memory, an interface control circuit (2) having a function of establishing an external interface, for controlling the execution of instructions by the data processor in response to external commands and for controlling access to the non-volatile memory and a buffer memory (7) for temporarily storing the file data. The interface control circuit includes command control means for decoding a first command externally supplied and for instructing the data processor to fetch an instruction from the buffer memory and to operate.

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